Pulses sowing drops by 23%, Chouhan asks ICAR to increase efforts to raise productivity
India heavily depends on imports of pulses and oilseeds, making higher domestic productivity a necessity.
India heavily depends on imports of pulses and oilseeds, making higher domestic productivity a necessity.
Reviewing paddy procurement on Monday, he stressed the need to expedite the process and ensure that farmers face no inconvenience.
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has announced a major relief for the state's farmers and rice mill operators by extending a rebate of 1 per cent to rice mills on threshing of non-hybrid paddy, directly benefiting approximately 1.3-1.5 million farmers and over 2,000 rice mills.
During the Kharif procurement season-2025, a total of 2,79,502.86 metric tonnes of paddy has been procured from Haryana’s mandis. Out of this, 48,838.72 metric tonnes have already been lifted from the mandis/procurement centres.
In a bid to pay his tribute to the farming community Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Saturday took to levelling of his rice field and transplanting paddy plants alongside other workers.
A total quantity of 90.69 LMT of paddy has arrived in the mandis of Punjab as on November 2, 2024, said the Ministry of Consumer Affairs on Sunday. Out of this, 85.41 LMT have been procured by the state agencies and the FCI.
The Haryana government has appealed to the farmers of the state to refrain from burning crop residue after harvesting paddy.Z
The Centre on Sunday said all measures are in place to ensure smooth procurement operations in Punjab for Kharif Marketing Season (KMS) 2024-25.
Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann directed officers on Monday to ensure the swift lifting of paddy being procured in Mandis across the state.
A tusker raided houses of farmers in flood-hit villages in Bankura and looted hefty paddy from the stack after midnight hours today.
